2025 in Review: Sewing!
Jan. 3rd, 2026 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryHere’s a round up of things I sewed in 2025! It was a good sewing year for me. This a lot of pictures so I divided it up into sections.
This year I got back into sewing garments for myself. Here’s some of what I made. (I don’t seem to have taken pictures of everything)
Jacket!
And I made three of these tunics but I only found pictures of two of them
I also made several shirts for the kid, but again didn’t photo document them very well. But here’s one picture:
I sewed a lot of clothing for my 18 inch doll! Mostly Tang dynasty inspired hanfu. I used this project to learn more about hanfu and also pattern drafting. I drafted all the hanfu patterns using a book and I feel more confident about pattern drafting now. (Maybe not confident enough to draft something for me)
Here’s the first outfit I made:
Then I decided I wanted to make a round collar robe for that hufu/crossdressing girl look. I started by making a jacket -- it took several tries to get the pattern right
All those versions really paid off though because my first try and a robe went perfectly:
Then I made a reversible robe – I wanted to do that open collar look I’ve been seeing in dramas
And here’s the second lined robe I made
I also did Tang Dynasty girl outfit:
And in not hanfu doll clothing I altered a pattern so I could make my doll a matching tunic to mine
I didn’t sew a lot of quilts in 2025 – I was working on other things. I did send two quilt tops to a friend to quilt and then finish those quilts though. Here some pictures:
I also sewed up a quilt top which I’d cut out all the pieces ages ago but then left sitting around for a while.
Here’s some in progress shots
And the finished quilt top :
I don’t have any specific goals for 2026 sewing, but I have several quilt tops in various stages of completion that I hope to work on. I also have another top for myself cut out, and some fun fabric set aside for other garment projects. And I have plenty of ideas for more doll clothing too!
Clothing
This year I got back into sewing garments for myself. Here’s some of what I made. (I don’t seem to have taken pictures of everything)
Jacket!
And I made three of these tunics but I only found pictures of two of them
I also made several shirts for the kid, but again didn’t photo document them very well. But here’s one picture:
Doll Clothing
I sewed a lot of clothing for my 18 inch doll! Mostly Tang dynasty inspired hanfu. I used this project to learn more about hanfu and also pattern drafting. I drafted all the hanfu patterns using a book and I feel more confident about pattern drafting now. (Maybe not confident enough to draft something for me)
Here’s the first outfit I made:
Then I decided I wanted to make a round collar robe for that hufu/crossdressing girl look. I started by making a jacket -- it took several tries to get the pattern right
All those versions really paid off though because my first try and a robe went perfectly:
Then I made a reversible robe – I wanted to do that open collar look I’ve been seeing in dramas
And here’s the second lined robe I made
I also did Tang Dynasty girl outfit:
And in not hanfu doll clothing I altered a pattern so I could make my doll a matching tunic to mine
Quilts
I didn’t sew a lot of quilts in 2025 – I was working on other things. I did send two quilt tops to a friend to quilt and then finish those quilts though. Here some pictures:
I also sewed up a quilt top which I’d cut out all the pieces ages ago but then left sitting around for a while.
Here’s some in progress shots
And the finished quilt top :
I don’t have any specific goals for 2026 sewing, but I have several quilt tops in various stages of completion that I hope to work on. I also have another top for myself cut out, and some fun fabric set aside for other garment projects. And I have plenty of ideas for more doll clothing too!
